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<h1 class="topictitle1">Adding an External Certificate</h1>
<div><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_en-us_topic_0267359411_p719510219">The <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_text1949852415401">OceanProtect</span> allows you to add an external certificate for higher system security.</p>
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<div class="tablenoborder"><a name="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_en-us_topic_0267359411_en-us_topic_0000001091431193_table882518171549"></a><a name="en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_en-us_topic_0267359411_en-us_topic_0000001091431193_table882518171549"></a><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_en-us_topic_0267359411_en-us_topic_0000001091431193_table882518171549" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><b>Table 1 </b>Certificate parameters</caption><colgroup><col style="width:28.060000000000002%"><col style="width:71.94%"></colgroup><thead align="left"><tr id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_en-us_topic_0267359411_en-us_topic_0000001091431193_row6825101755413"><th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="28.060000000000002%" id="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.1"><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_en-us_topic_0267359411_en-us_topic_0000001091431193_p1882561745418">Parameter</p>
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<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_en-us_topic_0267359411_en-us_topic_0000001091431193_p188251417125412">[Value range]</p>
<ul id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_en-us_topic_0267359411_en-us_topic_0223232411_ul53519446"><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_en-us_topic_0267359411_en-us_topic_0223232411_li11912974">The value contains 4 to 32 characters.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_en-us_topic_0267359411_en-us_topic_0223232411_li40107904">The value can contain only digits, letters, spaces, underscores (_), and hyphens (-), and cannot start with a digit, space, or hyphen (-).</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_en-us_topic_0267359411_en-us_topic_0223232411_li25426823">The certificate name must be unique.</li></ul>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="71.94%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_en-us_topic_0267359411_p145031913328">Select one or multiple types from the drop-down list.</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_en-us_topic_0267359411_p5654161320424">The following types are supported: Email, <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_text0506465451"><strong>Object Storage</strong></span>, <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_text281616203458"><strong>External Storage</strong></span>, <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_text570845120358"><strong>Backup/Multi-domain/Replication Cluster</strong></span>, LDAP, Huawei Cloud Stack IAM, and external systems.</p>
<ul id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_ul138820114335"><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_li125618494337"><strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_b492411163714">Email</strong>: Select this type if the server encryption mode needs to be set to <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_b750719129504">SSL/TLS</strong> or <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_b346012055016">STARTTLS</strong> when an SMTP server is connected.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_li1280125223516"><strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_b124618311517"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_text18481854154618"><strong>Object Storage</strong></span></strong>: Select this type if HTTPS needs to be selected when archive storage is added.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_li1018843023615"><strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_b46247508521"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_text58739597464"><strong>External Storage</strong></span></strong>: Select this type if a storage device needs to be added.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_li826881612193">LDAP: Before configuring the LDAP service, you need to add an external certificate of this type.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_li75513325513"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_text8228348366"><strong>Backup/Multi-domain/Replication Cluster</strong></span>: Before adding a backup/multi-domain/replication cluster, add an external certificate of this type first.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_li16222185473613"><strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_b03257517197">HCS IAM</strong>: Before configuring the Huawei Cloud Stack Identity and Access Management (IAM) service, you need to add an external certificate of this type.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_li12499181017461">External system: Before configuring the backup software management operation, you need to add the corresponding backup software certificate.</li></ul>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="71.94%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_en-us_topic_0267359411_p798683914475">Click <span><img id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_image6876143882219" src="en-us_image_0000001839246285.png"></span> and select the CA certificate corresponding to the certificate to be added.</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505102__en-us_topic_0000001792367174_en-us_topic_0000001263133368_p24701819121719">If the CA certificate is not the root one, add a complete certificate chain file. For details about how to create a certificate chain file, see <a href="en-us_topic_0000001839246277.html">Creating a Certificate Chain File</a>.</p>
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